Heir
[eə] or [ɛr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
埃琳娜整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
(n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
(v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.
整理:温弗雷德
解釋/意思:
n. one who inherits anything after the death of the owner: one entitled to anything after the present possessor: a child offspring:—fem. Heiress (ār′es).—v.t. Heir to inherit.—ns. Heir′-appā′rent the one by law acknowledged to be heir; Heir′-at-law an heir by legal right; Heir′dom Heir′ship.—adj. Heir′less without an heir.—ns. Heir′loom any piece of furniture or personal property which descends to the heir-at-law by special custom; Heir′-presump′tive one who will be heir if no nearer relative should be born.—Heir by custom one whose right as heir is determined by customary modes of descent as gavelkind &c.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you fall heir to property or valuables, denotes that you are in danger of losing what you already possess. and warns you of coming responsibilities. Pleasant surprises may also follow this dream.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He said, I have been through nearly every form of trial that human flesh is heir to, and I find that _there is nothing in life to fear but sin_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Here we cannot trace out the tangle of alliances and betrayals that ended in the ascendancy of this Octavian, the adopted heir of Julius C?sar. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Is not Polemarchus your heir? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Rebecca did not care much to go and see the son and heir. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Rawdon had stolen off though, to look after his son and heir; and came back to the company when he found that honest Dolly was consoling the child. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But Matilda, though of the royal Saxon blood, was not the heir to the monarchy. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Yes, he was his heir, and the old boy is nearly eighty--cram full of gout, too. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Heir and only child, Lord Saltire. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Rudolph, as you know, Rector, was the heir to Roylands, and Captain Silverton naturally wanted Rose to marry him, as the match was such a good one. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It was he who sent me to England for you; it is he who is heir to your fine estate; and you—you are nothing but a pauper! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In his view he should himself have been heir of all my estates, and he deeply resented those social laws which made it impossible. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- If you were heir to a dukedom and a thousand pounds a day, do you mean to say you would not wish for possession? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Her son and heir interrupted her at this moment, by such hard breathing as almost amounted to a snore. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Tell me then, O thou heir of the argument, what did Simonides say, and according to you truly say, about justice? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Her father was heir-at-law to a great estate that had long lain unknown of, unclaimed, and accumulating. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And the bulk of your fortune would be laid out in annuities on the authors or their heirs. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- My alliance with him was the pledge of my sincerity, my union with his sister, my children, his presumptive heirs, were the hostages of my truth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- When we were about to sign the above-mentioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs, &c. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She left solitude and silence co-heirs of her kingdom. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The reputation of Rome has flourished through the prosperity of her heirs. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Gray lizards, those heirs of ruin, of sepulchres and desolation, glided in and out among the rocks or lay still and sunned themselves. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Posterity became my heirs. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And they received this glorious legacy like ill-bred heirs; it meant no more to them than a fresh occasion for atrocious disputes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The splendid opening of the story of Islam collapses suddenly into this squalid dispute and bickering of heirs and widows. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sold for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of the estate of Jesse Blutchford, SAMUEL MORRIS, THOMAS FLINT, _Executors_. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The promise of this is our heritage, we look forward like heirs to their majority. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Medi?val Germany went as far as any of the Western heirs of the first great civilizations towards a fixation of classes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A property of a thousand a year belonged to it, which property had descended, for lack of male heirs, on a female. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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